Sunday, April 22, 2007

CAKAP MESTI TERANG

Getting a trained foreign domestic help through an agency is costly. Some people opt for individual agent's service, and usually end up with untrained helpers. Training them in their daily tasks can be quite an effort. One of the main problems is communication, I think. I don't intend to make fun of anyone, but these are real incidents experienced by people I know :-)

Case 3 - Puan boils some water on the gas stove. Puan goes to the livingroom.Later, from the livingroom :-"Bibik, kalau air sudah mendidih, matikan apinya ya?""Baik Puan"A little later, from the livingroom, Puan can smell gas from the stove. Puan goes to the kitchen, yep, the smell is very strong. The knob on the stove still indicated 'on', but the fire is out."Bibik, macamana kamu matikan api ni?""Saya hembus kuat-kuat Puan""Astaghafirullah....!"

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Salam JieMy divorcee housemate used to have a Indonesian maid with him when his mother was still alive.The advantage of having a foreign maid, he said, was that his daughter acquired a new language."Mila told me one morning, 'Ayah, lihat, Mila pakai celana'," he said."I didn't understand her until she showed me her pants. Celana is seluar," he added.Mila acquired a new language called Bahasa Indonesia.

Yes, language can be a 2-way learning thing. The other day we went to PD and my mom's helper went into the water with us, but soon got out. She said "puan, celana saya mundur..." Apparently she was wearing a loose-fitting pants, and it was beginning to slip off :-)

I'm proud to say that I broke ur clues in just a few minutes, which is no mean feat for a non-footie fan. But I guess reading ur blog all this time drummed the cute girl's name into my brain hehehe and I beat that susan whatever hacker to your blog too! :-)